Sunday, June 27, 2010

Hello to All

It is so great to get back to my blog and find some new faces. I have to make it brief because I am at an internet cafe a couple of hours and modes of transportation away from my homestay village. Today we went to a place called Boti Falls and took a short hike. This is the first chance we've had to relax a bit. We've been doing teaching practicums and learning the languages both of this area and the regions we will be going to. I am now learning EWE (pronounced ehvay) which is spoken in the Volta River region that I will be teaching in. The town is Mepe and it is on the lower Volta River and not too far from the sea. I am still in the process of trying to figure out a way to describe what life is like in Africa. For a westerner, it is truly inconceivable to imagine even after having seen a bit of it on television. I can use words to describe events but the surroundings in which they are taking place is so far beyond what the words call up. A challenge it is. When I get to my teaching site in mid-August, I hope to be able to set up my netbook which is in storage in Accra until then. I am currently in a small village called Asafo. Hope you are all enjoying your respective summers.